Lazard kahn and rinehart christ



(No Model.)

L. KAHN & RCHRIST. ASH BOX FOR STOVES.

No. 478,334. Patent-ed Jul 5, 1892;

Witnesses I Inventors [n1 @qgkulmw H Attorney UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.

LAZARD KAHN AND RINEHART CHRIST, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNORS TO F. & L.KAHN & BROS, OF SAME PLACE.

ASH-BOX FOR STOV'ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 478,334, dated July 5,1892.

Application filed April 15, 1892.

T0 ail whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, LAZARD KAHN and RINEHART CHRIST, of Hamilton,Butler county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Ash-Boxes for Stoves, of which the following is a specification.

This invention pertains to improvements in that class of ash-boxes forstoves having formed integrally with them at the door-opening thejamb-surface against which the door seats; and our improvements will bereadilyunderstood from the following description,

taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa vertical section of an ash-box exemplifying our present improvements,the section being taken in the plane of line b of the other figures;Fig. 2, a front elevation of the same with portions appearing in theplane of line 0 of the other figures; and Fig. 3, a plan part horizontalsection of the same, the section being taken in the plane of line a ofthe other figures.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the rectangular ash -box formed with thebase portion of the stove; 2, the floor of the ash-box; 3, the rear wallof the ash-box; 4, the side walls of the ash-box 5, the top of theash-box, formed with a large opening to receive the grate of the stove,as usual; 6, the door-opening in the front of the ash-box; 7, thevertical portions of the door-jamb against which the door is to close;8, recesses formed to the rear of these vertical jamb portions, the sidewalls of the ash-box at their forward portions where they approach thejamb portions 7 curving outwardly and joining th e outer edges of the jamb portions 7, whereby the ash-box is very much widened just within thejamb portions 7 9,

hinge-lugs projecting from the face of one or it might be both of thejamb portions 7, and 10 the skirting for the base of the stove,whichskirting is, in the exemplification, shown as cast integrally with theash-box.

It will be observed that the side walls of the ash-box are thin and thatthe door margins where the door seats present broad surfaces.

Serial No. 429,261- (No model.)

This would ordinarily involve either the inward or outward flanging ofthe side walls to produce these jamb-surfaces. If the walls were flangedoutwardly to produce these surfaces, the thin exterior edges of theflanges would be unsupported and much liable to become broken by theordinary knocking liable to occur at the base of the stove. If the jambswere flanged directly inward from the side walls, they would form aserious contraction in width at the front of the ash-box. By the presentconstruction the ash-box is not contracted at the front and there are nounbraced edges at the exterior of the jamb and the appearance at thesepoints is finished and pleasing.- Furthermore, in the process of moldingsuch structures considerable difficulty has been found by reason of thepresence of the hinge-lugs 9, projecting from the front of thedoor-jamb, it being necessary to draw these lugs inward from the mold.In the present construction, after the core for the interior of theash-box has been lifted the lugs 9 may be drawn inwardly through thefront of the pattern, the recesses 8 to the rear of them permitting thiswithdrawal into the space made vacant by the removal of the boxcore. I

We claim as our invention- 1. An ash-box for a stove having jambportions formed integrally with the side walls of the box and havingrecesses to the rear of the jamb portions formed by sidewise deflectionof the Walls to join the outer edges of the jamb portions.

2. An ash-box for a stove having a dooropening correspondingsubstantially in width with the distance between the side walls of thebox, the front portions of the side walls being extended outwardly tojoin with the outer edges of the j amb portions of the dooropening.

LAZARD KAHN. RINEI-IART CHRIST. WVitnesses:

J. W. SEE,

M. S. BELDEN.

